Woman, 51, hit by car while drunk: cops

MONTREAL -- A 51-year-old woman was in stable condition with a head injury Sunday morning after being hit by a car while jaywalking in Notre Dame de Grâce.

The woman was walking across Sherbrooke St. and Hampton Ave. when a car heading west on Côte St. Antoine Rd. – which intersects with Sherbrooke at that point – hit her about 3:25 a.m., Montreal police Constable Daniel Lacoursière said.

The pedestrian was intoxicated, he added.

The 70-year-old driver was treated for nervous shock but was otherwise unharmed.

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